Clinical Research Support

Through the Clinical Trials Office, the Institutional Review Board/Human Subjects Protection Office, the StudyFinder initiative, the Clinical Research Center and more, Penn State College of Medicine helps investigators pursue meaningful clinical research while ensuring essential compliance.

Conflict of Interest

The Conflict of Interest group, part of the Office of Administration, helps the College maintain transparency and full disclosure by determining when actual or potential conflict of interest exists and eliminating, reducing, or managing the conflict to protect legitimate research efforts and the integrity of our faculty.

Continuing Education

Continuing Education at Penn State College of Medicine provides continuing professional education for physicians, nurses, and allied health personnel. The group also provides evidence-based education on medical topics to professionals in health-related fields and to the general public.

Diversity

The Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion works to promote an educational and work environment that reflects the diversity and inclusivity of the communities we serve, is free of discrimination and harassment, and strives to create the best culture of respect and inclusion for our patients, students/learners and faculty/staff.

Faculty Organization

The Faculty Organization serves as the sole legislative body of College of Medicine faculty on all matters that pertain to the undergraduate medical and graduate education of the students of the College of Medicine. Matters within the jurisdiction of this group include institutional programs, courses and programs of study, academic admissions standards, graduation requirements and curriculum evaluation.

Faculty & Professional Development

The Office of Faculty & Professional Development's mission is to support career and professional development across the academic continuum of Penn State College of Medicine through mentorship, training programs, awards and more.

International Travel Support

The Global Health Center of Penn State College of Medicine offers numerous resources for both students and faculty members traveling internationally. Information is available on faculty travel grants, travel policies, travel insurance, international partnerships and global health opportunities.

Research Administration & Support

Through the Office of Research Affairs, Research Development, the Research Concierge Service, the Office of Technology Development and more, Penn State College of Medicine offers full support to investigators at all stages of the funding and commercialization process.

Research Compliance

The Institutional Review Board/Human Subjects Protection Office (IRB/HSPO), Research Quality Assurance (RQA), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Safety teams and many other groups help ensure essential compliance at Penn State College of Medicine.

Research Resources & Core Facilities

Various institutional and departmental core facilities offer equipment and services to both internal and external investigators. Additional support is available in the areas of biostatistics and bioinformatics, high-performance computing and specimen processing, among many others.